Pet Insight and Genus Insight answer different planning questions. Pet Insight describes the progression of one companion through three recorded stages. Genus Insight describes progress within that companion’s genus, including the context for analysis slots. The systems connect through EXP rewards, but their resources and calculations are not interchangeable.
Use this guide when a soul balance, a collection count and an analysis budget appear to contradict one another. Each number can be correct while describing a different part of your progress. Our calculators keep the three tasks separate: remaining duplicate souls, EXP contribution from common pets, and the material cost of repeated analyses.
Compare what each system measures
| Task | Inputs | Result | What it does not predict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pet Insight upgrade | Current pet level, target level, unused duplicate souls | More souls needed and upgrade EXP | The initial unlock or farming time |
| Common-pet collection EXP | Distinct pets at each level in one genus | Cumulative recorded EXP contribution | Genus level, analysis EXP or unlocked slots |
| Analysis budget | Locked slots and number of analyses | Soul Crystals and Kina required | Property outcomes or success probability |
Begin by identifying which task you are trying to complete. If you want a specific companion’s listed Lv. 3 ability, start with Pet Insight. If you want to compare the contribution of several collected pets, use collection EXP. If you are budgeting rolls with locked properties, use analysis cost rather than either of the soul calculations.
Pet Insight belongs to one companion
The current common-pet records list Mount at Lv. 1, Mount Glide at Lv. 2 and Transform at Lv. 3. Owned Effects also change across these stages. From an already unlocked Lv. 1 pet, the two upgrades require 25 and 75 duplicate souls respectively, or 100 souls in total.
The soul planner subtracts your unused balance from the cost between your current and target stages. For a Lv. 1 companion targeting Lv. 3 with 30 unused souls, the remaining requirement is 70. For a Lv. 2 companion targeting Lv. 3 with 20 unused souls, it is 55. The first pet unlock is not included in either calculation.
Do not enter previously spent souls as unused holdings. Selecting Lv. 2 already tells the planner that you completed the first upgrade. Counting its 25 souls again makes your remaining balance appear smaller than it really is.
Collection EXP uses cumulative contributions
A common pet unlock contributes 500 Genus Insight EXP. Lv. 2 adds another 250, and Lv. 3 adds another 250. For collection accounting, this gives cumulative values of 500, 750 and 1,000 at the three stages. These are per-pet contributions used by the planner, not genus-level thresholds.
| Current Pet Insight | Cumulative collection EXP | Additional EXP from previous stage |
|---|---|---|
| Lv. 1 | 500 | 500 at unlock |
| Lv. 2 | 750 | 250 |
| Lv. 3 | 1,000 | 250 |
Enter each companion exactly once at its present level. A Lv. 3 pet should appear in the Lv. 3 count, rather than appearing once in all three fields. Adding 500, 750 and 1,000 for the same pet would count a single progression history three times.
Work through a mixed collection
Suppose one common genus contains two pets at Lv. 1, one at Lv. 2 and one at Lv. 3. Its recorded collection contribution is 2 × 500 + 1 × 750 + 1 × 1,000 = 2,750 EXP. The four companions are distinct, and each appears in only one level group.
If the Lv. 2 pet advances to Lv. 3, move it from the Lv. 2 group into the Lv. 3 group. The new contribution becomes 2 × 500 + 0 × 750 + 2 × 1,000 = 3,000 EXP. The difference is 250, matching the single completed upgrade. The change is not 1,000 additional EXP because most of that pet’s contribution was already counted.
Keep different genera separate
The planner asks you to select Cogni, Fera, Natura or Varian before entering counts. A Fera companion contributes to the Fera collection calculation; combining it with a Cogni pet in a single genus count would misrepresent the scope of the total. The maximum count is also checked against the number of records in that genus.
The six Special records lack the common genera’s documented EXP rewards and are excluded from this calculation. Treating an unknown value as either 500 or a verified zero would add certainty the source does not provide. Inspect Special companions individually when planning their abilities or acquisition routes.
Analysis spending is a separate budget
Genus Insight Analysis uses Soul Crystals and Kina. Its listed per-analysis cost depends on the number of locked slots. For three locked slots, one analysis costs 36 crystals and 9,000 Kina. Two analyses at the same lock count therefore cost 72 crystals and 18,000 Kina.
Those materials are not duplicate pet souls, and the budget does not convert crystal spending into collection EXP. Our tool does not calculate analysis EXP or predict which properties will appear. Read the analysis cost guide when comparing a fixed budget with several lock configurations.
Use the right next step
For one companion’s upgrade, inspect its detail record, calculate unused souls, and check actual source coverage. For a genus collection goal, count distinct common pets at their current levels. For analysis, decide a material budget and lock count separately. These steps avoid turning a useful total into an unsupported claim about farming speed, genus levels or guaranteed outcomes.
The local collection checklist only records whether you marked a companion as owned. It does not store Insight levels or read your character. Update calculator inputs from your game client, and include region and patch evidence when reporting a changed requirement.
Sources and updates
The factual inputs are attributed to Wikily pet records and the Genus Insight tables. The examples, comparisons and arithmetic are our editorial explanation of the current dataset. They are not independent game-client tests. Check your regional client after a patch, and report a correction with supporting evidence.